Degenerative Disc Disease

Degenerative Disc Disease

Hello,
I've been dignosed with (according to my x-ray)

"minor degenerative disc disease at the L2-3 and L3-4 levels"

I've gained about 50lbs in 2006, could that be the cause? I've been
fairly active most of my life and have never had back problems before
until the last few months. It hasn't been my bed, chair or anything
else that I can put a finger on. My doctor has me on a muscle
relaxant as well as novo-naprox which doesn't appear to do anything so
he also prescriped ... permagabolin I think which is to treat pain
associated with pinched nerves. My doctor suggested weight loss and a
routine for getting back into the swing of things.

Think that will help?

Re: Degenerative Disc Disease

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:26:13 -0500, snowrider555@hotmail . com wrote:

>Hello,
>I've been dignosed with (according to my x-ray)
>
>"minor degenerative disc disease at the L2-3 and L3-4 levels"
>
>I've gained about 50lbs in 2006, could that be the cause? I've been
>fairly active most of my life and have never had back problems before
>until the last few months. It hasn't been my bed, chair or anything
>else that I can put a finger on. My doctor has me on a muscle
>relaxant as well as novo-naprox which doesn't appear to do anything so
>he also prescriped ... permagabolin I think which is to treat pain
>associated with pinched nerves. My doctor suggested weight loss and a
>routine for getting back into the swing of things.
>
>Think that will help?

YES. I have much worse problems with my back, (DJD multi level,
moderate stenosis with sciatic pain) and losing weight (200 to 165),
along with a full course of PT including stretching, stim & heat, and
exercise, particlularly core strengthening. My back pain went from an
8 to a 1 (on a scale of 10).
I now work out (on my own) 3x a week, doing a full course of exercises
on machines & free weights with cario included.

Re: Degenerative Disc Disease

The Permagobolin (sp?) seems to have worked miracles so far for the
pain. I doubt it's fixed anything, probably just blocking my pain
sensors. My chiro said extra pound of weight you put on your gut adds
10lbs of stress to the back, so my 50-pound gain is essentially
putting 500lbs of stress on my back. Does that sound accurate?

Will my.... Lumbar discs(?) re-expand then once the extra weight and
stress is taken off of them do you know?

thx!


On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:44:20 -0500, QX <nomail@nospam . com > wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:26:13 -0500, snowrider555@hotmail . com wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>I've been dignosed with (according to my x-ray)
>>
>>"minor degenerative disc disease at the L2-3 and L3-4 levels"
>>
>>I've gained about 50lbs in 2006, could that be the cause? I've been
>>fairly active most of my life and have never had back problems before
>>until the last few months. It hasn't been my bed, chair or anything
>>else that I can put a finger on. My doctor has me on a muscle
>>relaxant as well as novo-naprox which doesn't appear to do anything so
>>he also prescriped ... permagabolin I think which is to treat pain
>>associated with pinched nerves. My doctor suggested weight loss and a
>>routine for getting back into the swing of things.
>>
>>Think that will help?
>
>YES. I have much worse problems with my back, (DJD multi level,
>moderate stenosis with sciatic pain) and losing weight (200 to 165),
>along with a full course of PT including stretching, stim & heat, and
>exercise, particlularly core strengthening. My back pain went from an
>8 to a 1 (on a scale of 10).
>I now work out (on my own) 3x a week, doing a full course of exercises
>on machines & free weights with cario included.